Mathematics
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Dr. Pavlo Pylyavskyy |
Dr. Yao was fascinated with mathematics as a child and started his involvement with mathematical olympiads then. He won the gold medal with full marks in the 35th International Mathematical Olympiad and got his math PhD degree from UC Berkeley. He has been the coach for mathematical olympiad at various levels for 30 years, and has written several popular mathematical olympiad books in Chinese.
Mr. Lei Zhu
Mr. Lei Zhu graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University. He had experience in coaching AMC 8 panorama course with 100+ students all around the world for the past two years. His AMC8/10/12 ad AIME daily exercise also helped students to improve scores in real tests. He also taught the Probability Course in the 2020 Art of Sciences Winter Camp.
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Dr. Pylyavskyy is a full Professor in the University of Minnesota School of Mathematics. He participated in numerous math Olympiads when he was young. His Math Olympiad achievements include 2 IMO Gold Medals, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze Medal. He was also awarded the Putman fellow.
Check out his website! Mr. Frank Lu
Frank is a sophomore at Princeton University, where is a prospective math major. He did lots of math competitions throughout high school, qualifying for the USA Math Olympiad four times and being invited to the Math Olympiad Program in 10th grade. He's also participated in various on-site competitions with the MN All-State Math Team, obtaining an 18th place finish at ARML in 2017 and a 41st overall individual finish at HMMT in 2019. Besides Math, he also participated in physics competitions, and was invited to the US physics team camp in 2019. Even in college, he enjoys learning math and physics. When he's not doing math or physics, he enjoys listening to music and playing piano.
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Computer Science
Benjamin Yan
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Timothy Alexander
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Benjamin Yan is a computer science student at Stanford University who worked as a machine learning intern at Mayo Clinic. At Mayo, he conducted and published research in high-tech medical imaging and computer vision technology. He is a U.S Presidential Scholar, one of the nation’s rarest and prestigious honors for students, a two-time International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) finalist, and a state high school math champion. With over four years of teaching experience, he has orchestrated several classes in programming, AMC 8/10, and MATHCOUNTS, where he coached a team to 4th place at State. In his free time, Ben delights in watching his hometown Minnesota Vikings, listening to Taylor Swift and Coldplay albums, going on bike rides, and playing soccer and tennis games.
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Timothy Alexander is an undergraduate at The University of Alabama double majoring in Math and Chemistry. Timothy’s love and interest in STEM started at a young age as he began participating in math competitions in middle school - winning the Minnesota Mathcounts competition and placing 29th nationally in 2016. As a 5 time AIME qualifier and 1 time USAJMO qualifier. Timothy has been active in individual competitions year round as well as team competitions such as Math League, HMMT, and ARML (competing on Minnesota's A1 team). He was a Minnesota All-State Math Team Captain and John Marshal Math League Captain for 3 years. His experience in programming comes from numerous independent projects such as an automated forex trading algorithm, an election modeler, and a custom assistant bot which performs a variety of tasks. Outside of school, Timothy loves playing sports such as soccer and spikeball, playing strategic board games, and watching shows such as Parks and Rec and Brooklyn 99!
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Debate
Hemanth Asirvatham
Hemanth Asirvatham is a student at Harvard University. He was formerly the captain of the Century High School debate team and placed multiple times at statewide competitions. Hemanth attended the Research Science Institute at MIT and was awarded Top 10 presentation. Hemanth is a State AP Scholar, has placed 2nd at the US National Brain Bee, and is a two-time ISEF Finalist. He has led and instructed school teams for Model UN, Science Bowl, and STEM Society. Hemanth recently instructed a Debate 101 summer program with over 150 attendees. In his free time, Hemanth enjoys watching Star Trek (better than Star Wars, obviously), rereading Harry Potter for the 100th time, and beating his friends in Monopoly, Werewolf, or really any other non-physical game.
Physics
Dr. Yi Zhou
Dr. Zhou graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) with a B.S. in Modern Physics and then continued to earn his Ph.D in theoretical/computational physics at the University of Houston in the United States. He has been a math and physics enthusiast from an early age, and now has been teaching AP Physics and Physics competitions class for several years. Many of his students have excelled in the AAPT F=ma exam and earned medals in the USAPHO competition. During his free time, Yi enjoys doing interesting math/physics problems and long distance running.
BIOLOGY
Zhishan Wang
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Zhishan “Hao Hao” Wang is a rising senior at MIT studying biology. Outside of classes, she works as a research intern at the MIT Graybiel Lab. During high school, Hao Hao participated in academic competitions such as the AMC, National Science Bowl (NSB), National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB), and National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT). She also has 5+ years of experience teaching math, biology, and reading/writing.
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BUSINESS FOR YOUTH
DR. JINGWEI MENG
Dr. Meng is currently a faculty member at Indiana University School of Medicine. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in molecular cancer biology from Duke University and a MBA degree in finance and supply chain management from IU Kelley School of Business. He served as a consultant for several US and China firms and, in 2019, secured $3.5 million investments for two healthcare companies. Dr. Meng is also the co-founder of Melody Culture Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization established in 2004. He participated actively in cultural and educational services, including the first Chinese TV program in San Diego, concerts and master classes, summer camps, and systematic business training for teenagers. Since 2018, Dr. Meng has developed a comprehensive suite of business courses and instructed in multiple summer camps and weekend programs across the US.
Writing
Mr. Jonathan West
Jonathan West, BA in Classics from Trinity University, MA in Religion from Trinity International University, and MA in Education from the University of Phoenix. He has been maniacally scribbling red ink since 2001 as an editor then a teacher. Now living in Rochester, MN, he tutors full-time in writing and reading. In his spare time, he plays soccer with his hyperactive Aussiedoodle, draws, and adores Star Wars.